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Protestant Apologetics

Jeremiah 23:6

OT Prophets
Jeremiah 23:6
6In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
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JW Usage

Read as a title rather than an identity: the Messiah is given the name "Jehovah Is Our Righteousness" because his reign brings about righteousness for Jehovah's people, not because he himself is Jehovah. The Watchtower distinguishes name-bearing from nature-sharing — a distinction it makes nowhere else in Hebrew naming theology.

Protestant Usage

Hebrew naming theology does not separate name from nature. When God called both Adam and Eve "Adam" (), he was not assigning a title — he was declaring what they were: human, sharing a nature, even while remaining two distinct persons. Pair with and the principle becomes the Trinitarian opening: a shared name signals a shared nature, not the same person. The Messiah who bears Jehovah's own name as his own name shares Jehovah's nature without being the Father. Add read through — Isaiah saw Jehovah on his throne; John says Isaiah saw Jesus' glory. The visible Jehovah of the Old Testament throne-room is the same person who later takes flesh in Jesus.